Νέδη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Νέδη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
river
Entry #28
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 471.13 | Billerbeck: Ν28
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 15
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Εὐφόριων (Euphorion) fr. 174 Lightfoot = fr. 170 Powell
Entities: Νήδη (Neda) [place], Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Νήδη (Neda) [deity]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: from the nymph Neda; Unclear Metalinguistic: But Euphorion also calls her 'Nedēēn' (a variant form); Unclear Metalinguistic: the possessive/ethnic adjective is 'Nedēsios'
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Νέδη, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ νύμφης Νέδης. Εὐφορίων δὲ Νεδέην [καὶ] αὐτήν φησι. τὸ κτητικὸν Νεδεήσιος.
Nedē: a river of Arcadia, named after the nymph Nedē. Euphorion, however, says that it is also (called) Nedēēn. The possessive (adjectival form) is Nedēsios.

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Herodian 1.311
char LCS 47 (60.3%) · word LCS 9 (60.0%)
Stephanos
Νέδη, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ νύμφης Νέδης. Εὐφορίων δὲ Νεδέην [καὶ] αὐτήν φησι. τὸ κτητικὸν Νεδεήσιος.
Herodian
…αχεῖαν μὴ εἰς σύμφωνον καταλήγουσαν, εἰ μὲν κύρια ὦσιν ἢ οὐσίαν σημαίνει, βαρύνεται, πέδη, κνίδη, σίδη. ἔστι καὶ Σίδη πόλις Παμφυλίας ὡς Ἑκαταῖος Ἀσίᾳ. κέκληται δὲ ἀπὸ Σίδης τῆς θυγατρὸς μὲν Ταύρου, γυναικὸς δὲ Κιμώλου. Νέδη πόλις Ἀρκαδίας ἀπὸ νύμφης Νέδης. Εὐφορίων δὲ Νεδέην αὐτήν φησι. Ὕδη πόλις Λυδίας, ἐν ᾗ ᾤκει Ὀμφάλη δυναστεύουσα Λυδῶν, Ἰαρδάνου θυγάτηρ, ὡς Ἀπολλώνιος Καρικῶν τετάρτῳ. Ὅμηρος δὲ διὰ τοῦ 'λ' (Il. Η 221). »σκυτοτόμων ὄχ´ ἄριστος Ὕλῃ ἐνὶ οἰκία ναίων«. Μαιάνδριος δ´, ὃν Νικά…